ACHTUNG! What's the point of this module? It isn't even clear to me, the current maintainer. Consider using Email::Simple or Email::MIME directly.

This module is a generic interface to dealing with RFC2822 compliant messages. Email is the most common example of messages in this format, but not the only one. HTTP requests and responses are also sent and received in this format. Many other systems rely on storing or sending information with a header of key/value pairs followed by an optional body.

Because Email::Simple is so good at parsing this format, and so fast, this module inherits from it. Changes to the interface are only prevelant in options provided to the constructor new(). For any other interface usage documentation, please see Email::Simple.

Because Data::Message is a subclass of Email::Simple, its mixins will work with this package. For example, you may use Email::Simple::Creator to aid in the creation of Data::Message objects from scratch.